The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over thirty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from the American hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War; from the 1991 Gulf War to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. A book of searing drama as well as lucid, incisive analysis, The Great War for Civilisation is a work of major importance for today's world. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-23-2009; A must read for anyone interested in Mid-East current events; An incredibly well travelled and fact-focused journalist, Robert Fisk, wrote a very interesting book about the recent history of the Middle-East (ME). Covering a broad array of topics - covered in more detail by other reviewers - Fisk...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-03-2009; Robert Fisk's magnum opus; It would perhaps not be an exaggeration to say that Robert Fisk is one of the best international politics journalists alive today, and this book, "The Great War for Civilization", is the crown upon his work. Few people know the Middle...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-21-2009; Compelling and through case, though no solutions; Just finished this massive book all 1286 pages of it. It presents a very through and detailed analysis of most of the conflicts over the past 80 years in the Middle East. Its mostly done from first hand experience which in my view adds...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-29-2008; Vivid personal and sympathetic reporting of the Middle East; A great personal, neutral and sympathetic reporting of the last dramatic thirty years of the crisis that befell the Middle east. The book is a true biography of Afghanistan during the Russian occupation, the Taliban and the American...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-23-2009; A must read for anyone interested in Mid-East current events; An incredibly well travelled and fact-focused journalist, Robert Fisk, wrote a very interesting book about the recent history of the Middle-East (ME). Covering a broad array of topics - covered in more detail by other reviewers - Fisk...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-18-2008; The Great War for Civilisation; I devoted at least 7 months of 2006 to reading this huge work. It is without doubt the most depressing book I have read. The unrelenting description of man's inhumanity to man does not make for happy reading. The subject matter almost...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2008; Sorry, I have not seen the book yet, two months after I purchaset it; Sir,It was in November 12th 2007 when I made my purchase, and I received your response where the book was promised to come in December 26th 2007. Now, more than couple of weeks after the deadline, there are no signs of the book yet. What...; read full review | report as inappropriate